Jorge Figal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Nicolás Figal | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | América, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Independiente | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Independiente | 54 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Olimpo (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:35, 15 May 2018 (UTC) | |||
Jorge Nicolás Figal (born 3 April 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Primera División side Independiente.[1][2]
Career
Figal's career began with then-Primera B Nacional side Independiente in 2014, with his debut for the first-team coming on 4 May against Gimnasia de Jujuy; a match Independiente lost 1–0.[1][2] Figal made five more appearances in all competitions in his first season with the club as they were promoted into the Primera División. His top division debut came on 10 August 2014 in a 3–0 home victory versus Atlético de Rafaela. Eighteen more appearances came in the rest of 2014 and in the following season, 2015, before he was loaned out to Primera División club Olimpo in February 2016.[1]
In his ninth appearance for Olimpo, Figal scored his first professional goal against Rosario Central, a team he received his first red card of his career against in September 2014, on 2 April. He returned to Independiente in June ahead of the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División campaign.[1][2] On 14 September 2017, Figal was banned from football for nine months after failing a drugs test, testing positive for diuretic. The ban was backdated, meaning he was unavailable for selection until 4 January 2018; six months after the announcement.[3][4] He returned to action on 24 January, playing the full ninety minutes in a draw with Rosario Central.[1]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | Other[lower-alpha 3] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente | 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Primera División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 1 | |||
| Olimpo (loan) | 2016 | Primera División | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 70 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 2 | |||
- ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
- ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Includes the Recopa Sudamericana
- ↑ Four appearances in 2016 Copa Sudamericana, one appearance in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Four appearances in 2018 Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Two appearances in 2018 Recopa Sudamericana
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jorge Figal profile". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Jorge Figal profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Conmebol: Nueve meses de sanción por doping a Jorge Figal y siete para Fernando Barrientos". La Nacion. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ↑ "Duras sanciones por doping para Nicolás Figal y Fernando Barrientos". Clarin. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links
- Jorge Figal at Soccerway